guest of honor

Located on the southeast coast, Jiangzhou was one of the first cities to participate in the reform and opening up. Rows upon rows of high-rise buildings surround the old city in the center, and the trading port at the mouth of the sea is full of neon lights all night.Under the dark and silent sky, the feasting place is still full of singing and dancing until the early morning, and the ten-mile long street under the bright lights is constantly flowing, which is the most prosperous place in the world.

Some people are dreaming of life and death while the red sleeves are fluffy, while others are stirring up the situation amidst the turbulence and treachery.The beast lurking in the darkness is like the mist steaming on the sea. Its shadow clearly covers the whole city, but the people in the situation still live their lives ignorantly and smartly.

"What do you want to eat?" Meng Jiang consciously walked to the kitchen after changing his shoes and clothes.The apron hanging on the wall was taken off and tied around his waist. He bent down and opened the freezer to check the ingredients, frowning: "Ask me to cook for you, why don't you even prepare the basic ingredients?"

As he spoke, he strode out of the kitchen. He even forgot to take off his apron, so he put on a light windbreaker: "I'll go downstairs to buy some, and I'll be back soon."

"Wait a minute." Ye Li called to him, put his hands into the windbreaker from behind, and fumbled for the tie of the apron along his waist.If you round it up, this can barely be counted as a hug, "Wear an apron and go out, if I encounter a pervert, I should feel so distressed."

Meng Jiang: "..." Why do you know so much?

At this moment, the sound of a key being inserted in the door lock sounded.Ye Li only had time to frown, and the lock made a sound of snapping, and the door was pulled open from the outside——

Qin Mu, who was dressed in black, stood outside the door, his condescending eyes accurately captured Ye Li's embarrassment for a moment, then slowly slid down and landed on Meng Jiang who was wearing an apron.

"What are you doing?" Qin Mu asked, unable to restrain the coldness in his tone.He had imagined it countless times, but he never guessed that the first sentence after seeing Ye Li again was to ask questions.

Meng Jiang could feel the chilling aura around him, but he didn't know where the disaster came from, so he couldn't help but look at Ye Li.

Ye Li also did not expect that Qin Mu would keep the key to No. 3 Nanlin Road privately, and he did not expect that he would have the "courage" to push the door in uninvited, and be so confident.

In just one year, when Qin Mu stood in front of him face to face again, Ye Li could hardly recognize this well-behaved and docile boy.Change is such a wonderful thing sometimes.The changes that are difficult to detect when we get along day and night, slowly accumulate over time, but the same reborn growth is named as two different people.

Ye Li withdrew his hands wrapped around Meng Jiang's waist and put them behind his back, not wanting him to see the trembling of his fingertips.He was usually eloquent, but now he couldn't even utter a pleasant sentence. He watched Qin Mu silently for a while, but every second was dragged by the silence, and finally said slowly: "Qin Mu, you are back. ,haven't seen you for a long time."

"It's been a long time, I thought you would come to pick me up at the airport today." Qin Mu chuckled lightly, sarcastically, his eyes fell on Meng Jiang, "Why, do you already have a guest tonight? ?”

Meng Jiang smiled good-naturedly, and explained for Ye Li: "Today, a customer sent two fish, and Ye Li couldn't cook, so I recommended myself and stopped by for a meal." He naturally remembered that Qin Mu was a cook. One of the best hands, said smoothly, "Since you are back, I'd better leave it to you, after all, you are most familiar with his appetite."

Qin Mu looked pale, but he didn't step down the steps: "So I'm a cook in your hearts."

Ye Li thought to himself, it's really gratifying and congratulatory that Ya has turned into a gangster after a year of absence.However, it is really rare for him to have the awareness of being a cook.

Meng Jiang took off his apron and went downstairs to buy groceries under the pretext that he even forgot to put on his windbreaker and left forever.Then Qin Mu strode into the porch, and hit the heavy door with a loud "bang".

The living room under the crystal lamp was spotless, as clean and tidy as he remembered.The location of the sofa, the orientation of the TV and the projection are all the same as a year ago, but Qin Mu smells the outsider's cologne in the air.

He bent down to look for slippers, and as he wished, he saw that his own shoes were still on the bottom of the cabinet.Ye Li, on the other hand, leaned on the wall with one shoulder, watching his movements indifferently with a lofty posture.When Qin Mu raised his head, he gave him a mocking smile: "You are going to enter the room, why didn't you say hello to me in advance?"

Qin Mu lowered his eyes, and the impetuousness in his chest was much calmer than before.He asked back in a low voice: "This is my home, do I need to say hello in advance when I get home?" He straightened up, picked up the slippers that Meng Jiang had just worn, and took all the clothes on the hanger that did not belong to Ye Li in his memory He came down in a ball and threw it on the insole at the entrance.

Ye Li's expression froze: "What are you doing—"

"He won't come back." Qin Mu said as he took off his windbreaker and hung it on the hook that was vacated just now. "Things left here are garbage that no one wants. Throw them away."

Ye Li almost laughed angrily: "I haven't seen you for a year, where did you learn this bad habit?"

He stepped on the slippers and blocked Qin Mu's calf, preventing him from taking half a step forward.Pointing to the clothes on the insole with his chin, Ye Li said: "Those sweatshirts are mine. Pack the rest, and I will bring them to Meng Jiang tomorrow."

Qin Mu paused, his deep black eyes stared at Ye Li unblinkingly, but deliberately said lightly: "When I'm not around, does he come here often?"

"Didn't he come here often when you were here?"

Qin Mu pursed his lips, and suddenly took two steps forward and grabbed his arm, dragged Ye Li to the sofa and held him down, and said solemnly: "I don't like him, Ye Li, don't want him in the future." Let him come."

It's only been a year, but Qin Mu has changed like a reborn person. He no longer bothers to keep a low profile, and gradually reveals his strong and assertive side.When being stared at by him, Ye Li didn't feel scared, but still frowned uncomfortably.

It was vaguely expected that Qin Mu would break away from his expectations and control.At a distance of thousands of kilometers, Qin Mu can still hide his aura and temper behind the screen, but he can no longer hide his aura and temper after facing each other.

What's more, now, Qin Mu doesn't bother to hide.

But in terms of facts, it was indeed Ye Li's mistake not to pick him up at the airport today.An important PAR (partner) came uninvited, Ye Li was busy from morning to night, and held a meeting for 8 hours, without even having time to drink a few sips of water.In the evening, Meng Jiang was asked to come to the house, and he planned to go through the new regulations after dinner - he didn't expect to see Qin Mu at all.

When you see it with your own eyes, the feeling is completely different from the photo text.What came to my heart was excitement and joy, but also surprise and strangeness, and even retreat.

What if Qin Mu is still as obsessed as he was a year ago?

What if Qin Mu is not innocent in the Huazhong electronic financial fraud case?

Ye Li's mind was in a mess.He tilted his head back to avoid Qin Mu's approach: "Okay, you don't have to see him again in the future."

Qin Mu's pupils shrank suddenly, and he narrowed his eyes: "What do you mean?"

Ye Li was upset and said: "You can get up first, can you? What does it look like to press me down and talk like this?"

"Why is Meng Jiang still in Yuanyang and still appearing at your house?" Qin Mu said viciously, grabbed Ye Li's wrist, pinched him between himself and the back of the sofa, and asked in a low voice, "What about Ansen Technology? Did you froze because of him, Li Daitao?"

Hearing this, Ye Li froze instantly.He looked back at Qin Mu in disbelief, and kept repeating four words in his mind: He really knew.

A year ago, Ansen Technology was innocently implicated in the Huazhong Electronics financial fraud case.Meng Jiang is the person in charge of the project, and Ye Li, as his leader, should sit with him.If Meng Jiang is made to take the main responsibility, he may never have the chance to be promoted, or even lose everything; but if Ye Li takes the responsibility, as a shareholder of Sino-Ocean, he cannot be kicked out of the company. It's just a defeat in the contest.

There is no need to distinguish which is more important, not to mention that Meng Jiang is Ye Li's most valued subordinate and most dependent friend.

But Qin Mu wanted to drive Meng Jiang away from him.

"You know that Huazhong Electronics has a problem?" Ye Li snapped, "When did you know?"

He could not see any regret or apology in Qin Mu's eyes, only puzzled anger: "When I first came into contact with Ansen Technology's project, I knew that the brokerage firm Meng Jiang was looking for could not be done at all! But that and What does it matter to me, he is incompetent, why should I help him?"

"Meng Jiang is mine. If you help him, you are helping me!"

"Your person?" Qin Mu repeated in a low voice, every word was as cold as ice that had been frozen for thousands of years, and there was a deep chill, "So you help him deal with it, you take the blame for him, and you let him come to your house Ye Li, tell me again that he belongs to you?!"

There was something in the words, it was impossible for Ye Li not to hear it, but he couldn't give Qin Mu an answer.Love and love are taboos between them, not to mention Qin Mu's unimaginable desire to win and lose and possessive?All the worries and fears had come true, Ye Li felt a chill in his teeth.He stared at the angry Qin Mu, his own intricate struggles and fears were a hundred times more serious than his current chaos.He made up his mind, pushed Qin Mu back and staggered, stood up and said coldly: "Qin Mu, I really don't understand what you are thinking. You go first, and we will talk when you understand. .”

After finishing speaking, he strode towards the porch, intending to ask Qin Mu to leave.He himself also needs time to calm down and figure out how to deal with this relationship.

But Qin Mu refused to give him time.He waited in dire straits for a year, and the constant walking on the tip of a knife exhausted all his patience.What's more, he just suffered a big loss from He Minghan today, and his composure and reason are gone...

Ye Li only felt that his shoulders were grabbed by five fingers like steel claws, and his back was thrown against the wall immediately. The severe pain hit his brain along the spine, and there was a momentary darkness in front of his eyes due to dizziness.

Qin Mu's hand grabbed his hair from the back of his head, forcing him to raise his head, revealing his slender and fragile neck.Immediately afterwards, a rough and thirsty kiss landed on the corner of his lips, biting his lips and tongue all the way.

"Oh!" He turned his head to hide, but there was nowhere to go, and he was trapped between Qin Mu's chest and the wall.In the chaos, the crystal lamp was switched on by mistake, and the living room fell into darkness for a moment.

Ye Li was startled suddenly, his heart almost jumped out of his chest: "Qin Mu!"

But the people on top of him turned a deaf ear, and didn't realize the despair and fear that the darkness meant to Ye Li.Qin Mu only felt that he had been swallowed up by jealousy and anger, and he was eager to leave his mark on this person, because Ye Li could only treat him well and only see him alone!

However, Ye Li tried his best to break free from his embrace: "Let go of me! Turn on the light, Qin Mu, you first—"

"You told me to let go, why did you tell me to let go?!" Qin Mu didn't hear what he said at all, and the harsh word "let go" had robbed him of his last clarity, "It was you who provoked me first. You are the one who treats me first! I like you so much, why can't you just wait for me to come back?! Why is Meng Jiang here?!"

"Qin Mu, are you crazy?" Ye Li gritted his teeth in the dark, he didn't know how long he could hold this breath, his trembling legs seemed to be unable to support him to stand upright anymore, he could only rely on the wall to force it Looking at Qin Mu at this moment, "Do you like me? Why haven't you figured it out yet, do you want incest--"

Qin Mu's fingertips holding his wrist trembled slightly, but he did not relax a little. Instead, he pressed his whole body against the wall even more forcefully: "I thought you were my uncle, so I endured it for a whole year and a half. !but……"

The secret that was blurted out was interrupted by a sudden worry.Qin Mu hesitated to speak, his eyes were filled with impatience, embarrassment and unwillingness.

He was not ready to share with Ye Li the most important "truth" he found during the year.

The person imprisoned in his arms gradually loosened up his struggle.Ye Li exhausted his last strength, trembling and growling in embarrassment: "Turn on the light! Quick, the light..."

The perpetrator was stunned, and Qin Mu suddenly realized that the person in his arms was slowly sliding towards the ground, and the wrist that fell on his palm was not struggling but convulsing involuntarily.

It's Ye Li's black phobia—the first time Qin Mu saw him having an attack, he let go of his hand in a panic, and wanted to hold his waist but was pushed away by Ye Li: "Ye Li..."

He couldn't hear what Qin Mu said again, Ye Li recognized a beam of light from the crack of the door in his peripheral vision, and immediately staggered and ran towards the bathroom.The arm hit the solid wood door, making a low, muffled sound.

But Qin Mu froze on the spot, not daring to follow for a moment.

Immediately there was the sound of water in the bathroom, and the sound of Ye Li coughing in pain.

"Ye Li!"

"Cough, cough, cough—" The trembling, low-pitched coughing sound continued to come from the bathroom.Qin Mu rushed forward and gripped the door frame of the bathroom tightly, but he didn't dare to step in, let alone hug the man who barely stood with his elbows propped on the marble table top of the washstand.

Ye Li seemed to be extremely thirsty, coughing uncontrollably, while using trembling hands to pick up the water from the faucet and pour it into his mouth.His cheeks were wet, strands of black hair stuck to his pale forehead and cheeks, and he fell into a fragile and sick state.

And Qin Mu stood motionless at the door, like a stiff statue.A voice in the empty chest asked him sternly: What have you done?Why are you doing this to him?Ye Li's kindness to you was no different from his kindness to others. Why do you think you are special?

The reason why he was able to sleep in the same room as Ye Li in the first place was only in exchange for showing weakness.Maybe from the beginning to the end, he was just pampering you, and it has nothing to do with love - the only person who can't figure it out is you.

Qin Mu blinked hard, and endured the pain in his heart.He originally thought that the obstacle between them was only blood.But if Ye Li has never been moved from the beginning to the end, then everything he said and did will become a joke, and it will only be a fatal blow to him when he finds out the truth.

If he and Ye Zhen are not related by blood, why should he inherit the 10% of the shares?And why stay by Ye Li's side?He didn't deserve Ye Li's attention from the very beginning...

At this time, Ye Li seemed to have finally recovered from the fear of the darkness.He lowered his head, gasping for breath, the cold water splashed from the bottom of the pool, and wet the front of his shirt.

"Ye Li..."

Ye Li turned his head slowly, slowly, he didn't know whether it was tears or raw water in his red eyes.He only glanced at Qin Mu, and then hissed out a word: "You go."

Qin Mu's Adam's apple rolled: "I'm sorry..."

"roll!"